Yo man.. rage may be righteous.. but what's with the low class sexist language?

Did he edit his post or something?

No, I fucking didn't. Excelon apparently is looking for a reason to ban me. Maybe I used the word retard too much or something, because this is the second warning I've gotten for absolute bullshit. Hey excelon, fuck you.

Yeah, I'm actually furious right now. I mean, I've said some shitty things on ars in the past decade, but this wasn't one of them. There was absolutely no sexist connotation in my usage of the word twat, it just seemed to fit the description of Sen. Feinstein's actions. My girlfriend, who lived in the UK for 15 fucking years, picked it up and brought it with her, and her usage is how I use it* (because I prefer retard, but despite my postings to the contrary, I am trying to reduce my usage of that particular hot-button word). Jesus fucking christ.

*because you tend to pick that shit up after a couple years of exposure.

Yeah except neither of those are the modern connotation of the word. Here, check out the top 7 entries on Urban Dictionary for how a consensus of people actually USE the word. None of them are directed towards women (except the anatomical usage, which this obviously wasn't)

Regardless of language directed, Feinstein is the latest of the Senate when it comes to proposing legislation. Way to squander moderate support.

That's pretty much my whole response to this fiasco. Between her misguided issues with assault weapons (although I do thank her because I did make a decent little profit off the only rifle I've ever owned that I bought myself), and this, I honestly wonder if its not time to either vote her out or suggest she retire.

Got a friend of mine claiming Feinstein's trying to shore up Republican support for this measure. Anyone find anything backing that, or is this guy seriously trying to defend his party from Feinstein's insanity?

Diane Feinstein is a pretty clear example of a Democratic authoritarian. Guns and video games are just obvious outward examples. She wanted to modify espionage laws to target WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, PIPA/SOPA, NDAA. It's pretty consistent.

I've little doubt, that should such a thing pass (which is far, far more likely than an "assault" weapon ban as I can well see many other Dems and many GOPers getting on board) it would be struck down as unconstitutional on first amendment grounds eventually. That doesn't make it ok though, just a colossal waste of time and money to pass, implement, challenge and deimplement.

I've little doubt, that should such a thing pass (which is far, far more likely than an "assault" weapon ban as I can well see many other Dems and many GOPers getting on board) it would be struck down as unconstitutional on first amendment grounds eventually. That doesn't make it ok though, just a colossal waste of time and money to pass, implement, challenge and deimplement.

Welcome to America.

Seriously, this has been the status quo for lots of unconstitutional matters* for decades, it's just become so obvious that most people can't avoid it any more. Quite a few states have had video game censorship laws passed, and then struck down as unconstitutional as soon as they get a proper judicial challenge, including my home state of California.

* Racism, gun seizure, censorship, and so on - the list is pretty long.

I've little doubt, that should such a thing pass (which is far, far more likely than an "assault" weapon ban as I can well see many other Dems and many GOPers getting on board) it would be struck down as unconstitutional on first amendment grounds eventually. That doesn't make it ok though, just a colossal waste of time and money to pass, implement, challenge and deimplement.

Welcome to America.

Seriously, this has been the status quo for lots of unconstitutional matters* for decades, it's just become so obvious that most people can't avoid it any more. Quite a few states have had video game censorship laws passed, and then struck down as unconstitutional as soon as they get a proper judicial challenge, including my home state of California.

* Racism, gun seizure, censorship, and so on - the list is pretty long.

My thought to why the people in Congress seem to pass what look like straight-forward unconstitutional laws is because when it finally gets overturned they can just blame the courts for going against the will of the people. Its just another political game.

Anyone who can't figure out how to retire on $3 million (plus any savings in non-tax-advantaged accounts) needs to rethink their life choices. Like maybe they shouldn't keep their head up their ass all the time.

Ah, my bad. I read the WSJ article, googled "Obama 401k", looked at the rebuttles in less detail, and in the process clicked on the link to "Now Obama Wants your 401(k)." With that open in my browser, I confused it with the original article linked to, the same-ish sounding "Now He's After Your 401(k)".

D'oh- apologies. Guess maybe I should be doing less posting and more sleeping at this hour.

I came over here to find out why the lounge was completely shitting all over Margaret Thatcher's grave (classy) before it got locked to discover all democratic criticism is relegated to a single thread? Well that explains that. Bonus points for awesome original post.

I came over here to find out why the lounge was completely shitting all over Margaret Thatcher's grave (classy) before it got locked to discover all democratic criticism is relegated to a single thread? Well that explains that. Bonus points for awesome original post.

No idea why this is in the US Dem thread but this link from the lounge thread explains it well.

I came over here to find out why the lounge was completely shitting all over Margaret Thatcher's grave (classy) before it got locked to discover all democratic criticism is relegated to a single thread? Well that explains that. Bonus points for awesome original post.

No idea why this is in the US Dem thread but this link from the lounge thread explains it well.

I came over here to find out why the lounge was completely shitting all over Margaret Thatcher's grave (classy) before it got locked to discover all democratic criticism is relegated to a single thread? Well that explains that. Bonus points for awesome original post.

No idea why this is in the US Dem thread [...]

I'm not even sure what the implication is meant to be. That Democrats may only be criticized in one thread? That's not the case, as this is a "honeypot" thread for generally griping (as opposed to more specific policy complaints) about a political party, much like the Scary Republican Base thread serves a similar purpose for the GOP.

All I can connect is the Dems in the US have also seemed to accept the premise from the Reganesque movement that spending is out of control and government is bad. That's a legitimate beef with the Democrats. I can't really speak to what it is for the left in the UK. I read a number of articles about Thatcher. That one didn't seem out of line with many of the ones that criticized her legacy.

^ Yes, a legitimate gripe with the Democratic party is that they view Thatcher (and Reagan) as politicians worth emulating.

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I'm not even sure what the implication is meant to be. That Democrats may only be criticized in one thread? That's not the case, as this is a "honeypot" thread for generally griping (as opposed to more specific policy complaints) about a political party, much like the Scary Republican Base thread serves a similar purpose for the GOP.